William Ewart Okey
William Ewart Okey (1888-1916)
1916 Obituary [1]
Second Lieutenant WILLIAM EWART OKEY was born in Chelsea on 13th February 1888.
He received his early education at Bournemouth School, and from 1905-1909 was apprenticed to Messrs. Ruston, Proctor and Co., Lincoln, remaining with them for two years after the completion of his apprenticeship. During this period be continued his studies at the Lincoln Municipal Technical School.
In 1911 he was selected by the firm to go to Australia as an expert in gas-engines and plant for their Sydney agents, Messrs. Gibson, Battle and Co.
On the outbreak of war in 1914, he returned to England and joined the Army, obtaining a Commission in the lot Connaught Rangers.
He was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 21st January 1916, before he bad completed his twenty-eighth year.
He was elected a Graduate of this Institution in 1912.